Newcastle Racecourse

About Newcastle Racecourse

Newcastle Racecourse sits within the 812-acre estate of High Gosforth Park, about five miles north of the city centre, and has been staging racing here for more than 140 years. It is one of the busiest tracks in the country, hosting more than 80 fixtures a year across a Grade 1 jumps course, a turf flat course, and an all-weather Tapeta surface that includes the only floodlit all-weather straight mile in Europe. The flagship meeting is the Northumberland Plate Festival each June, whose centrepiece, the two-mile Northumberland Plate, has been known since the nineteenth century as the Pitmen's Derby.

Beyond the racing calendar, the course is a year-round entertainment venue, hosting Ladies Day, student racenights, live music, festive fixtures, and seasonal events, with hospitality packages, restaurants, and enclosure tickets to suit different budgets. There is free on-site parking, and the wider park is home to the Grand Hotel, a golf course and driving range, and the Gosforth Park Nature Reserve. Children generally go free with a paying adult; check the official website for the current fixture list, enclosure options, and prices before booking.

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Newcastle Racecourse at High Gosforth Park: Race Days, the Northumberland Plate and How to Go

A local guide to Newcastle Racecourse at High Gosforth Park: the Northumberland Plate, year-round floodlit racing, ticket enclosures, and how to get there from Gosforth.

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